Making the rental market more accessible and offering greater transparency to landlords and tenants is the aim of the new territorial agreement for rent-controlled rents presented today in the Municipality of Cagliari.
It was signed on March 26 by the main owners' organizations (Apci, Confedilizia Asppi, Uppi) and tenants' organizations (Sunia, Sicet, Uniat), replaces the one in force since 2018 and introduces updated rules for "3+2" subsidized rent contracts, for transitional contracts and for those intended for university students .
The new protocol, the Municipality announced, takes into account the specificities of the city's real estate market by dividing the territory into homogeneous zones and "microzones," each corresponding to rent ranges. Values are determined based on objective criteria: location, condition of the property, amenities, energy efficiency, and services available in the neighborhood. This system is designed to prevent arbitrary decisions and bring clear rules to a sector often riddled with irregularities .
There's also scope for tax breaks for those who choose the agreed-upon rent system : a flat-rate tax (Cedolare secca) with a reduced rate and a reduced property tax (IMU), for rents lower than market prices. This mechanism, according to the signatories, can help bring the underground economy to light and bring currently vacant properties back into circulation.
Among the points of the agreement is a focus on the most vulnerable segments of the population. The protocol explicitly calls for " fighting discrimination in access to housing and provides for the strengthening of out-of-court settlement tools and market monitoring" through the establishment of a rental observatory.
Mayor Massimo Zedda , Councilor for Health and Wellbeing Anna Puddu , and Councilor for Urban Planning Matteo Lecis Cocco Ortu emphasized the social value of the agreement. " This agreement," they noted, "represents an important step toward guaranteeing the right to housing and building a fairer and more transparent rental market ." Furthermore, it can help "offer concrete solutions to students, young couples, workers, and families struggling to afford housing, without penalizing landlords who choose the path of legality and collaboration."
The new agreement came into force for all contracts signed starting from the day after its signing (March 2026) and will remain valid for 3 years (March 2029).